Lead Architect Contract Job Trends in Reading

Lead Architect
Berkshire > Reading

The median Lead Architect daily rate in Reading is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - -17
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.69% - 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £490 £625 £375
% change year-on-year -21.60% +66.67% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £100.55 - -
25th Percentile £101.00 - -
Median hourly rate £110.75 - -
75th Percentile £116.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £110.75 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 941 514 1,090
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 93.80% 92.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 335 599
10th Percentile £310 £335 £213
25th Percentile £450 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £513
% change year-on-year -0.70% -1.76% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 6 60
10th Percentile £30.34 £54.38 £41.30
25th Percentile £79.94 £67.19 £55.04
Median hourly rate £83.58 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.39% +13.64% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £87.46
90th Percentile £107.00 £73.60 £97.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.75 £61.03
% change year-on-year +30.21% +4.45% -5.64%

Lead Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Lead Architect job vacancy trend in Reading

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Reading

Lead Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Architect job vacancies in Reading

Lead Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead Architect in Reading over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead Architect in Reading

Lead Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, Lead Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Lead Architect in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (42.86%) Architecture Roadmap
4 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 3 (42.86%) SAP
4 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
5 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (28.57%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) MODAF
5 2 (28.57%) SFIA
5 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Appian
6 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
6 1 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) CISSP
6 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making

Lead Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Appian
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) JBoss
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
1 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (71.43%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Architecture Roadmap
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) MODAF
4 2 (28.57%) SFIA
4 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Process Management
5 1 (14.29%) SOA
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle